• Top News
  • New York Times/Reuters/FOX News: Small U.S. Airports Could Close if Shutdown Continues, Official Warns
  • CBS News: DHS keeps paying Coast Guard personnel despite partial government shutdown
  • AP: Top US intelligence officials set to testify about Iran war and threats confronting the homeland
  • NPR: Sen. Mullin faces confirmation hearing to lead Homeland Security Department
  • NewsMax: GOP Hopes Mullin Hearing Shows How He’ll Improve DHS
  • Daily Signal/AP: Can Mullin Help the GOP End the DHS Shutdown?
  • Politico: Republicans hope Mullin will turn the page at DHS from Noem. Democrats aren’t buying it.
  • Washington Post: DHS pick Mullin boasts of ‘special assignments’ abroad but offers few details
  • FOX News: Mullin wins backing from China, Cuba hawks — and some Democrats — as critics question fitness to lead DHS
  • NewsMax: Speaker Johnson Dismisses Dem Plan to Fund DHS
  • The Hill: Johnson says Democrats’ pitch to fund DHS without ICE, CBP would ‘defund the police’
  • New York Times/USA Today/Daily Caller/FOX News: White House Offers Narrow Immigration Enforcement Changes As Talks Drag On
  • Federal News Network: Federal employee unions, organizations call for an end to DHS shutdown
  • CNN: Lawmakers unflinching in DHS shutdown fight that could drag on for weeks as airport lines and travel anxieties grow
  • NewsMax: Rep. Addison McDowell to Newsmax: Democrats Own DHS Shutdown Chaos
  • NewsMax: Rep. Meuser to Newsmax: ‘Enough Already’ to Dems’ DHS Funding Block
  • NewsMax: Rep. Miller-Meeks to Newsmax: Dems’ DHS ‘Discharge Petition’ a Political Move
  • NBC News: Senate begins debating Trump-backed SAVE America Act, but it’s unlikely to pass
  • Reuters: What is in Trump’s bill that requires proof of citizenship to vote?
  • Wall Street Journal: Why the SAVE America Act Is So Contentious
  • FOX News: Trump warns he won’t endorse lawmakers who oppose Save America Act
  • AP: An update on immigrants who were detained in Trump’s crackdown on campus activism
  • Daily Wire: Federal Court Gives Trump Green Light On Deportations
  • Reuters: US Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino to retire at end of March
  • AP: In his words: How Gregory Bovino became a face of Trump’s mass deportations and ended his career
  • The Hill: Inside Noem’s tense relationship with controversial DHS inspector general
  • New York Times: Trump’s Gutting of Election Security Fuels Worries for Midterms
  • Wall Street Journal: Top U.S. Counterterrorism Official Steps Down, Citing Concerns About Iran War
  • Daily Wire: Top Intel Official Joe Kent Quits Over Iran Strikes, Claims Israel Controls Trump
  • ABC News: Trump calls Joe Kent ‘nice guy,’ but ‘weak on security’
  • Breitbart: Trump Says ‘It’s a Good Thing’ Joe Kent Resigned: He Was ‘Very Weak on Security’
  • Breitbart: Joe Kent Previously Argued Iran Was Threat to the USA, Pushed for Wiping Out Nuclear, Missile Capabilities
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • Washington Examiner: The Shield of the Americas and the battle for our hemisphere
  • New York Times: We Study Mass Shooters. Something Terrifying Is Happening Online.
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Washington Examiner: White House floats requiring ICE officers to self-identify in talks with Democrats to reopen DHS
  • Breitbart: ICE Agents Arrest Illegal Aliens Convicted of Murder, Child Sex Crimes, Sex Abuse
  • FOX News: Obama-appointed judge orders release of MS-13 gang member with history of rape, robbery, attacked ICE officers
  • FOX News: Anti-ICE protests interfere with law enforcement, helping alleged criminals evade arrest, says America First Legal president
  • FOX News: Organized and technological: ICE resistance groups posing growing danger, warns former top NSA, DHS official
  • Bloomberg: [NJ] NJ Town Fights ICE Facility at Warehouse Sold by Goldman Sachs
  • FOX News: [PA] Pittsburgh police officers accused of ignoring ICE agents’ struggle with suspect
  • Breitbart: [VA] ICE Urges Virginia Officials Not to Release Accused Illegal Alien Pedophile Back onto Streets
  • FOX News: [VA] Virginia sanctuary policy slammed over criminal illegal immigrants
  • Breitbart: [FL] DHS Arrests Afghan National, Given Asylum by Biden, Accused of Child Sex Crimes
  • FOX News: [FL] Deeply disturbing’ animal cruelty operation involving baby monkeys busted by ICE investigation
  • Axios: [FL] Tampa police bow to pressure from state over immigration policy
  • Univision: [FL] Tampa Mayor revises police policy after pressure from Florida Attorney General
  • CBS Miami: [FL] Florida sheriffs break with Gov. DeSantis, back path to legal status for some immigrants amid ICE crackdown
  • Los Angeles Times: [LA] Journalist Estefany Rodriguez remains in ICE detention despite being granted bond
  • FOX News: [IL] DHS hits back at Illinois county clerk who told ICE to stay away from primary polling places
  • FOX News: [MN] Map shows glaring scope of auto theft increase in Walz’s Minneapolis: ‘Deterrence problem’
  • Telemundo 48 El Paso: [TX] ICE Designates New Contractor for Camp East Montana in El Paso
  • Houston Chronicle: [TX] Houston residents speak out about HPD and ICE cooperation after policy changes
  • FOX News: [CA] Illegal immigrant from Venezuela learns sentence for biting ICE agent, with injury seen in photo
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • NBC News: Abused and neglected youths granted immigration protections are being detained and deported
  • Breitbart: [DC] Supreme Court to weigh protected status for Syrian, Haitian immigrants
  • Breitbart: [AL] Alabama: Illegal Alien Gang Member Charged with Murdering Woman, Teen Daughter, 2-Year-Old Son in ‘Gruesome’ Stabbing
  • AP: [OR] How Foreign EB-5 Investors Are Creating Jobs and Rebuilding Local Food Economies in Eastern Oregon
  • Breitbart: [Ireland] St. Patrick’s Day: Ireland Asks for Special Migration Path to the U.S.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • Washington Times: As Trump closes the border, unauthorized migrants surge at U.S. airports
  • NewsMax: Hundreds of Iranians Apprehended at US Border Under Trump
  • CBS News: [TX] Border Patrol nabs 39 pythons hidden in tractor attempting to cross from Texas into Mexico
  • Univision: [TX] A chase in Laredo, Texas, culminates with 6 people arrested, including one accused of human trafficking.
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] Texas Democrats and Republicans unite to block border wall in Big Bend National Park
  • NBC News: [TX] Trump’s plan for border wall worries local residents and politicians
  • FOX News: [CA] 23 arrested in alleged panga illegal immigrant smuggling plot off California coast
• Transportation Security Administration
  • Bloomberg: One in Ten Airport Screeners Skip Work as Funding Fight Drags On
  • CNN: TSA workers face reality of working without pay as passengers unaware of the shutdown see long lines
  • CNN: Tracking current TSA wait times at select major airports
  • NPR: Travelers around the U.S. are hit with weather, airline and security delays
  • AP: Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east
  • FOX News: DHS shutdown fuels travel nightmares over unpaid TSA workers
  • FOX News: Most vulnerable Senate Dem blames Republicans for unpaid TSA workers after opposing funding bill
  • OutKick: The Libs Couldn’t Care Less About TSA Agents And Other Unpaid DHS Workers
  • CBS Philadelphia: [PA] Philadelphia International Airport to close additional security checkpoints as partial shutdown drags on
  • CBS News: [GA] Hartsfield-Jackson urges travelers to arrive early as TSA staffing shortages cause longer lines
  • CBS News: [TX] North Texas lawmakers slam DHS shutdown as TSA lines grow
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • CBS Baltimore: [MD] EF-1 tornado touched down on Maryland’s Eastern Shore during severe storms
  • CBS Colorado: [CO] Crews work to contain wildfire burning in San Juan National Forest in southwest Colorado
• Coast Guard
  • ABC News: [MI] Coast Guard rescues snowmobiler trapped on Lake Michigan
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CISA official advises agencies not to get too hung up on who takes lead in critical infrastructure sectors
  • CyberScoop: Trump administration isn’t pushing companies to conduct cyber offense, national cyber director says
  • FOX News: Senate Majority leader warns Dems are putting cyber operations at risk as Iran threat looms
  • FedScoop: FAA aims to build better defenses against cyber, quantum threats
• Terrorism Investigations
  • Univision: A Venezuelan member of the Tren de Aragua gang is the first cybercriminal on the FBI’s most wanted list
  • AP: [DC] Man charged with planting pipe bombs before the Jan. 6 riot argues Trump’s mass pardons apply to him
  • AP/USA Today: [NM] 1 dead and another wounded in shooting at US Air Force base in New Mexico
• National Security News
  • NewsMax: Pentagon: Boat Strikes ‘Just the Beginning’ in Cartel Fight
  • CNN: Trump asked Latin America to use military force against drug trafficking. Here are the risks
  • New York Times: Sucked Into War, Gulf Countries Face the Limits of U.S. Security Guarantees
  • Washington Examiner: Mike Johnson pledges clean extension of government spy powers amid Iran terrorism threats
  • Washington Post: U.S. tells all its embassies to ‘immediately’ review security after strikes
  • Daily Wire: [Cuba] Trump Says He Can ‘Take’ Cuba: ‘I Could Do Anything I Want With It’
  • Reuters: [Syria] US encourages Syrian action against Hezbollah, Damascus is hesitant, sources say
  • AP: [Iran] A look at the top Iranian official and the head of internal security targeted by Israel
  • New York Times: [Iran] Ali Larijani, Iran’s De Facto Political Leader, Killed by Israel
  • Reuters: [Iran] Tehran rejects de-escalation after Israel kills Iranian security chief
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Israel Is Hunting Down Iranian Regime Members in Their Hideouts, One by One

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